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Quick Facts. The first class of NASA astronauts was selected in 1959. They are known as the Mercury 7. Since inception, NASA has selected 360 astronaut candidates: 299 men, 61 women; 212 military, 138 civilians; 191 pilots, 159 non-pilots. When Expedition 1 arrived at the International Space Station on Nov. 2, 2000, there has been a continuous ...
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The NASA Astronaut Fact Book provides information on the 360 explorers who have been selected as astronauts since NASA's first class in 1959. NASA spacewalker Frank Rubio is pictured during a spacewalk tethered to the International Space Station during an orbital sunset. Preface. (NASA) selected the first group of astronauts in 1959.
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This is an alphabetical list of astronauts, people selected to train for a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft.. For a list of everyone who has flown in space, see List of space travelers by name.. More than 600 people have been trained as astronauts. Until recently, astronauts were sponsored and trained exclusively by governments, either by ...
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Sally K. Ride was the first American woman in space. Guion S. Bluford, Jr. was the first African American astronaut. Alan B. Shepard, Jr. was the first American in space. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. John H. Glenn, Jr. was the first American to Orbit the Earth. Sally K. Ride was the first American woman in space.
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The NASA Astronaut Corps is a unit of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) that selects, trains, and provides astronauts as crew members for U.S. and international space missions. It is based at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas .
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This Is the Crew of the Artemis II Mission. Astronauts, including Neil Armstrong, Sally Ride, and Buzz Aldrin, have risked their lives to fulfill our dreams of exploring space.
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Explore Trivia. Astronaut Andrew Feustel (left), STS-125 mission specialist, navigates near the Hubble Space Telescope on the end of the Remote Manipulator System robotic arm, controlled from inside Atlantis' crew cabin. Astronaut John Grunsfeld signals to his crewmate from just a few feet away. Astronauts Feustel and Grunsfeld were continuing ...
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This is a list of astronauts by year of selection: people selected to train for a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft. Until recently, astronauts were sponsored and trained exclusively by governments, either by the military or by civilian space agencies.
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Over 500 astronauts from almost 40 countries have traveled to space. Search the CSIS Aerospace Security International Astronaut Database below for an individual astronaut's name, country of origin, gender, and flight records. Sort by category by clicking the column headers. The definition of "astronaut" is not unanimously agreed upon among the world's space launch providers.
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